Wrexham 5
Millwall 1
League (Division Three)

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Wrexham
5 - 1
Millwall 

League
(Division Three)
Saturday, October 6th, 1962
Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 12,233
3:15pm kick-off
Goalscorers
Clive Colbridge (3)
Ernie Phythian (31)
Mickey Metcalf (33)
Ernie Phythian (66)
Ernie Phythian (86)
 		Joe Broadfoot (41)

Team Managers
Ken Barnes
 Ron Gray

Starting Eleven
1. Kevin Keelan
2. Peter Jones
3. Aly McGowan
4. Ken Barnes
5. Alan Fox
6. Tecwyn Jones
7. Ron Barnes
8. Arfon Griffiths
9. Ernie Phythian
10. Mickey Metcalf
11. Clive Colbridge
 Reg Davies .1
John Gilchrist .2
Pat Brady .3
Harry Obeney .4
Tom Wilson .5
Joe Stocks .6
Joe Broadfoot .7
David Jones .8
Pat Terry .9
Jim Towers .10
Joe Haverty .11

Bench
None. None.

Substitutions
None. None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

E. Norman (Blackburn) (Referee)
K. Hodgkinson (Crewe) & A.E. Bagnall (Middlewich) (Assistants)



Match Report

Picture: Millwall keeper Reg Davies punches the ball of the head of the diving Arfon Griffiths.



Squad Statistics (as at October 6th, 1962)

1962-63 All Time
League Cups All
Kevin Keelan (GK) 13 - 1 - 44 -
Alan Fox 13 - 1 - 3421
Peter Jones 13 - 1 - 1132
Aly McGowan 13 - 1 - 4502
Ken Barnes 13 - 1 - 559
Arfon Griffiths 520 - 6013
Tecwyn Jones 8 - 0 - 20 -
Ron Barnes 1331 - 6216
Clive Colbridge 1331 - 235
Mickey Metcalf 1071 - 9951
Ernie Phythian 1061 - 279







League Table & Results (as at October 6th, 1962)

Other Wrexham matches played on October 6th, 1962:
Cheshire County League
Stafford Rangers3-2Wrexham Reserves
Welsh National League (Wrexham Area) Division One
Wrexham 'B'3-1Johnstown RGA
Cookson Cup
Pwllheli & D.5-2Wrexham 'A'

Results of league matches played since last match
3rd October 1962
Reading2-1Bournemouth
Shrewsbury T.1-2Colchester Utd
5th October 1962
Barnsley2-1Coventry C.
Carlisle United2-5Bristol City
6th October 1962
Brighton & HA2-4Reading
Bristol Rovers1-1Port Vale
Crystal Palace2-3Southend
Halifax Town2-2Shrewsbury T.
Hull City2-2Colchester Utd
Northampton2-2Bournemouth
Peterborough2-0Bradford PA
QPR0-1Notts County
Swindon Town3-1Watford
Wrexham5-1Millwall


Division Three 1962-63
P W D L Avg Pts
1. Watford 15 9 1 5 1.423 19
2. Northampton Town 13 7 4 2 2.118 18
3. Swindon Town 14 6 5 3 1.813 17
4. Bristol City 14 6 5 3 1.476 17
5. Peterborough United 14 6 5 3 1.348 17
6. Notts County 14 7 3 4 0.905 17
7. Queens Park Rangers 13 7 2 4 1.875 16
8. Port Vale 15 6 4 5 1.111 16
9. Colchester United 15 5 6 4 0.893 16
10. Millwall 15 4 7 4 1.172 15
11. Shrewsbury Town 15 5 5 5 1.133 15
12. WREXHAM 13 7 1 5 1.000 15
13. Bournemouth 15 4 7 4 1.000 15
14. Coventry City 15 5 5 5 0.920 15
15. Hull City 13 6 2 5 1.048 14
16. Southend United 15 7 0 8 0.794 14
17. Reading 15 6 1 8 0.966 13
18. Bristol Rovers 14 4 4 6 0.808 12
19. Barnsley 14 5 2 7 0.773 12
20. Bradford (Park Avenue) 14 3 5 6 0.690 11
21. Halifax Town 15 4 3 8 0.541 11
22. Crystal Palace 14 1 7 6 0.565 9
23. Carlisle United 12 2 4 6 0.556 8
24. Brighton & Hove Albion 14 2 4 8 0.517 8